NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “___ Chair” (term of address at a meeting) 6 13-Across, voicewise

10 Vaccine watchdog org.

13 “Rumour Has It” singer, 2011

14 Close one

15 Make public 16 Upbeat response to “How are you?” 18 Some 401(k) investments, in brief 19 Toledo cheer 20 Ceiling

21 Big celebration 22 Annoy

24 Central Brazil, for the Amazon

27 Slept soundly? 29 Nissan sedan 30 Grand

31 Russian waterway famed for its sturgeon fishery 34 ___ Aviv

35 Musical group that doesn’t play original songs

38 Some Facebook exchanges, in brief 41 Cousins of mandolins

42 Write a ticket (for) 45 Place for a dish that’s come from the oven

47 “Rumor has it ...” 49 Costlier than

projected

53 1960s film villain with prosthetic metal hands 54 Water conduit 55 Ghostly

57 Warm greeting 58 Fair-hiring inits. 59 Grammatical connector like “is” or “seem” … or a connector found literally in 16-, 24-, 35- and 49-Across 62 ___ Jose 63 Three-wheeler 64 Some honkers 65 “___ to a Superhero” (Weird Al Yankovic parody of “Piano Man”)

66 Trial version

67 Stared at rudely

DOWN

1 Stately homes 2 “Sweet” sweetheart in a barbershop quartet standard 3 Take shape 4 Brewpub order 5 Dark European thrush

6 When Juliet drinks a sleeping potion that makes her seem dead

7 Coffee in the milky way?

8 Uno + due 9 Atop, poetically 10 Accepts reality

11 Was in the slammer 12 Arms depot 14 18-wheeler 17 Frequent flier? 21 Big, as a bonus 23 Rocker Clapton 25 Sitar selection 26 Turn pale with shock

28 Big name in water purification

31 Dog shelter employee

32 Metal source 33 Units of wt. 36 On-demand digital video brand 37 Fizzled out 38 Wishful words 39 Trailer in a theater 40 It’s a start

43 North Carolina athlete

44 One doing lifesaving work at a hosp.

46 Lead-in to position or occupation 47 “Put ___ writing” 48 Creature comfort? 50 Casual fabric 51 “Wall Street” character Gordon 52 The “E” in HOMES 56 Breakfast brand 59 Relative of Inc. 60 High dudgeon

61 Be a couch potato